The Barbadian singer Rihanna, 34, has given birth to her first child, according to various North American media such as TMZ, which has advanced the news, and People. The baby, born last Friday, May 13 in Los Angeles, California (according to TMZ), is the first child of the artist and businesswoman and also the first of her partner, the New York rapper A$AP Rocky (whose real name is Rakim). Nakache Mayers). At the moment the couple has not communicated the name nor has it confirmed the news. A source who has spoken to ET Canada says that the three are already resting at home and that both are “more than happy”. “She was looking forward to being a mother,” she says. People stated that Rihanna “is fine” and that the two are very excited.

The musicians announced the pregnancy with a photoshoot in which they strolled through snowy New York in late January, with the singer wearing a fuchsia Chanel coat from 1996 that she opened to reveal her bulging belly. The last time the artist could be seen was on May 9, already in Los Angeles.

The singer has been expressing her intention to become a mother for years. In June 2019, she said it clearly in an interview for Interview magazine: “Having a child is what I want most in the world.” Less than a year later, she reaffirmed herself before Vogue magazine, where she told what she saw herself doing in ten years: “I know that I will want to live differently. In 10 years I will be 42 and old. I will have children, three or four.”

The relationship between Rihanna and A$AP Rocky goes back a long way. They have known each other for almost a decade, but have been dating for just under two years. Although they had been seen together on several occasions, it was in May 2021, in an interview with GQ magazine, when the rapper himself confirmed it. “I think when you know it, you know it. It’s her, ”he assured. “She is great when you find that person. She is like the sum of a million other people ”, he declared then he. There they already asked him if he wanted to be a father and he said: “Yes, it is my destiny, absolutely”, to affirm that he would be an “incredible, remarkable, above average” father. “She would have a very cool son,” he assured.

Beyond her musical career, the one that began in 2007 with the worldwide success Umbrella and which has been on an indefinite hiatus —more than six years since she released her last album, Anti—, the singer has achieved fame, power, and millions thanks to her underwear and makeup companies, which are named after her last name, Fenty. Thanks to them, Forbes magazine has estimated her assets at 1,700 million dollars, more than 1,400 million euros.